[Federal Register Volume 76, Number 156 (Friday, August 12, 2011)]
[Notices]
[Pages 50273-50274]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2011-20485]


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NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION

[Docket No. NRC-2011-0056]


Agency Information Collection Activities: Submission for the 
Office of Management and Budget (OMB) Review; Comment Request

AGENCY: Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC).

ACTION: Notice of the OMB review of information collection and 
solicitation of public comment.

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SUMMARY: The NRC has recently submitted to OMB for review the following 
proposal for the collection of information under the provisions of the 
Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (44 U.S.C. Chapter 35). The NRC hereby 
informs potential respondents that an agency may not conduct or 
sponsor, and that a person is not required to respond to, a collection 
of information unless it displays a currently valid OMB control number. 
The NRC published a Federal Register notice with a 60-day comment 
period on this information collection on April 27, 2011 (76 FR 23628).
    1. Type of submission, new, revision, or extension: Extension.
    2. The title of the information collection: 10 CFR part 81, 
``Standard Specifications for Granting of Patent Licenses.''
    3. Current OMB approval number: 3150-0121.
    4. The form number if applicable: Not applicable.
    5. How often the collection is required: Applications for licenses 
are submitted once. Other reports are submitted annually or as other 
events require.
    6. Who will be required or asked to report: Applicants for and 
holders of NRC licenses to NRC inventions.
    7. An estimate of the number of annual responses: 1.
    8. The estimated number of annual respondents: 1.
    9. An estimate of the total number of hours needed annually to 
complete the requirement or request: 37; however, no applications are 
anticipated during the next 3 years.
    10. Abstract: As specified in 10 CFR part 81, the NRC may grant 
non-exclusive licenses or limited exclusive licenses to its patent 
inventions to responsible applicants. Applicants for licenses to NRC 
inventions are required to provide information which may provide the 
basis for granting the requested license. In addition, all license 
holders must submit periodic reports on efforts to bring the invention 
to a point of practical application and the extent to which they are 
making the benefits of the invention reasonably accessible to the 
public. Exclusive license holders must submit additional information if 
they seek to extend their licenses, issue sublicenses, or transfer the 
licenses. In addition, if requested, exclusive license holders must 
promptly supply to the United States Government copies of all pleadings 
and other papers filed in any patent infringement lawsuit, as well as 
evidence from proceedings relating to the licensed patent.
    The public may examine and have copied for fee publicly available 
documents, including the final supporting statement, at the NRC's 
Public Document Room, Room O-1F21, One White Flint North, 11555 
Rockville Pike, Rockville, Maryland 20852. OMB clearance requests are 
available at the NRC Web site: http://www.nrc.gov/public-involve/doc-comment/omb/index.html. The document will be available on the NRC home 
page site for 60 days after the signature date of this notice.
    Comments and questions should be directed to the OMB reviewer 
listed below by September 12, 2011. Comments received after this date 
will be considered if it is practical to do so, but assurance of 
consideration cannot be given to comments received after this date.
Chad Whiteman, Desk Officer, Office of Information and Regulatory 
Affairs (3150-0121), NEOB-10202, Office of Management and Budget, 
Washington, DC 20503.
    Comments can also be e-mailed to [email protected] or submitted 
by telephone at 202-395-4718.
    The NRC Clearance Officer is Tremaine Donnell, 301-415-6258.

    Dated at Rockville, Maryland, this 4th day of August, 2011.

    For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
Tremaine Donnell,
NRC Clearance Officer, Office of Information Services.
[FR Doc. 2011-20485 Filed 8-11-11; 8:45 am]
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